St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-27

"What. ho, Ye icicles, We masters of
the weather and minions OF old Boreas!
What mean these gentle flakes OF tieecy
white and whirling winds that cause
Dne's tears to circle down his neck be-
hind and shoot athwart his Spine?"
ut MEANS" a deep gruff voice re-
piled, THAT old Mere is taking slide
deep down. That little instrument you
see. which runs by clock work, indi-
Gates the speed Of the wind.
Look and see that it has
increased from twelve miles
an hour at 9 O'Clock to fifteen now, and
is still fast rising. Yon vane will show
you that its direction is variable. See,
it makes a complete circle, but usually
returns to that point marked northwest.
1t hOverS there, between northwest and
half west, which shows that it is prin-
cipally from the northwest. AT O'Clock
the thermometer registered 50 above,
but now is falling fast, and has reached
point but s. above. 1t showed most
of the afternoon in st. Paul and the
wind blew briskly."
The reporter stepped into the office of
Lieut.. Thomas NJ. Woodruff, the indi
cations officer, a pleasant, courteous
gentleman who knows his business.
The SNOW" he said, ''has been very
light 1t has been showing also in Ne
braska. Indiana, Michigan, Missouri,
Illinois. Dakota and Minnesota. This
afternoon it has been raining in Des
MoineS. To-. but has probably turned
cold and freezing ere this.
g 1t looks now as if the thermometer
would go to about : below before day
light. Sunday will be bad, disagree
ably cold day. though it will be colder
still on Monday, when the mercury will
probably reach or 90 below. There
will be no winds to speak of. just
calm, quiet cold. At st. Vincent, Fort
Gary and AIinnedoSa it is 22o below at
this hour, but by daylight it will
PROBABLY REACH 500 BELOW.
The storm generated in Western Ne
braska and Wyoming. and moved east
wardly. Thursday l felt it coming, and
it reached st. Paul about 10 O'Clock Fri
day night. 1t was followed by a rush
of cold air and fall of about 12o, and
by Sunday morning it will have reached
the Ohio river. All day to-day it has
been exceedingly rough on the lower
lakes. The winds are rather high now,
but will have greatly decreased in force
by Sunday afternoon"
The reporter watched him as he
marked a few figures at the point on a
skeleton map indicating Mackinac for
the dew point. velocity and direction of
wind. and temperature. There will be
snow at Mackinac before morning." he
remarked. The lieutenant's office is a
direct branch of the Washington de-
partment, and uses the same data as
furnished that Office.
The trains on the different roads were
on time during the afternoon, but in the
evening began 10 grow laggard. The
Minnesota II Northwestern, due at
10:45, was marked on the board, $40
minutes late" THAT means it won't get
here until o'clock, " said an official, and
a few minutes later his remark was con-
firmed. Friday night it was bulletined
to arrive fifty minutes late and got in at
4:30 a. II. The Northern Pacific was on
time. but telegraph operator said that
was only for yesterday. In few days,
today perhaps. it will be from eight to
twenty-fOur hours late.
I'VE can tell nothing about the West
en division" said the train dispatcher
of the st. Paul. Minneapolis d Omaha.
"The Eastern division trains are all on
time" The officials expected most of
the trains to be delayed. In such
weather when they lose time it cannot
be made up on account of the slippery
tracks.
"On Sunday and Monday evenings"
said the depOtman, well give you some
news thatl make your eyes bulge. The
trains will then begin to get tired and
keep it up all winter"
Travel was as heavy as usual, though
III day or two il will grow lighter.
Tho har hos. Spc4iGaI
yet.
The snow was drifting considerably
all night and the weather man remarked
that heavy drifts would be the rule
wherever snow fell. This means hard
luck for the trains.